Open thread: Obama’s statement on the Christmas Day jihadi attack; Perfunctory, hasty, and bloodless
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President Obama is scheduled to make a public statement this afternoon on the Christmas Day jihadi attack at around 3pm Eastern.
Sure bet: He won’t use the word “jihad.”
Via AP:
The White House says President Barack Obama is preparing to make his first public statement on the Christmas Day terrorist attack and describe U.S. efforts to protect the nation’s skies.
Obama is scheduled to speak soon after 3 p.m. EST about the government’s steps to protect the nation’s travelers and the reviews he has already ordered.
Deputy press secretary Bill Burton said Monday the president believes it is critical that the government learn from the attack on a Detroit-bound airliner and take the necessary measures to prevent future acts of terrorism.
Yes, try to suppress your snort: “Deputy press secretary Bill Burton said Monday the president believes it is critical that the government learn from the attack.”
No word yet on whether the DHS clown-in-chief will appear by his side.
As she insists on the plot being isolated, al Qaeda has formally claimed credit.
The Christmas Day would-be bomber says there are more like him coming.
And Foggy Bottom performed as usual in its visa procedures: Miserably.
Question: Will Obama perpetuate the myth of the poor, oppressed jihadist? Or has he learned nothing?
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Update 3pm Eastern. Obama doesn’t bother to wear a tie. He hastily reads a belated statement describing the incident like a small-town sheriff’s deputy rather than the leader of the free world. He ticks off investigative steps in a perfunctory, plodding, bloodless manner. “We will continue to every element of our national power to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat the violent extremists…anywhere where they are plotting attacks against Americans.”
Eyes down on his paper the whole time — not looking at the camera and directing his statements at our enemies.
He talks about “resilience” as a foreign concept, not something he believes in in his heart.
Rushes through the end of his statement with a postscript about the violence in Iran.
Couldn’t get off the podium fast enough.
Inspiring.
“We will not rest.” Now, back to his vacation…
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Surf’s Up!
What will it take to “wake” this administration up. I think they are awake and enjoying every minute of every antic their pals make.
The one thing that I have been thinking since all the info about the terrorist and all the warnings is that it all leads back to Eric Holder. In case you all have forgotten Eric Holder made this statement after Obama’s Cairo Speech:
Now think for a moment, would you want to be the Civil Service worker who denies a visa to a Muslim, adds their name to the no-fly list, or asks for an investigation into a suspect knowing that if it turns out the person in question is not a threat and your career is now destroyed and you may face prosecution? Think about the CIA interogators from GITMO that Holder wants to investigate, need I say more.
I could not help but chuckle when I drove past Air Force 1 about a half-hour ago.
Nero is surfing while Rome burns.
The only problem BHO has with the crotch bomber is that the bomber had the unmitigated gall to try to do something to take the spotlight away by interrupting BHO’s vacation.
And Eric Holder built a huge straw man there, because there is nothing to substantiate his assertion that Muslims suffer from discrimination at work, housing, schools or in the voting booth.
How many minutes into the talk does he blame Bush?
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At least he didn’t give a shout-out to the Polynesians before the speech.
Errah, I for one will be surprised if he uses the word “Terrorism” and doublely so if he mentions “Christmas” in lieu of “Winter Holiday Solstice Man Made Disaster Event that occurred before the end of time on the 2009 Gregorian Calendar for those of us who chose to record time in this fashion”!
You are exactly right. The speech was made to show the Muslim world (right after Obama’s Cairo speech) that the US means it. This is dangerous as civil service workers understand that this is code for “we are going to make an example out of someone”. You need look no further than the CIA GITMO interogators or the Navy SEALs to see that is exactly what they are doing.
However we have no problem with strip searching grannny before boarding a flight and making everybody sit like good little boys and girls with their hands folded the whole time. As long as we don’t hurt the feelings or violate the rights of people that actually fit the profile of the vast majority of terrorists.
On December 28th, 2009 at 2:57 pm, d1carter said:Surf’s Up!
yes it is and we now have a dear leader action figure to prove it….how sick is this one…you’d think he was some sort of super star surfer….yuk!!!
http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091227/i/r1431024355.jpg?x=240&y=345&q=85&sig=_pjrH4DloQi3XdcNnmOmlQ–
Well, he referred to it as “alleged” anyway. Doesn’t that mean it really didn’t happen?
I feel so used.
now Little Man is his own PR guy. Keep on spinning Curious George.
With those ears it would be more like Wind Surfing…
I’ll be back in about an hour.
I’m off to pee at the beach.
Maybe he could start with the floor of Congress.
“Now you know how I feel.” – Michelle Obama
LOLROF Vickisoup !!!!
That is the absolute truth. If he won’t go after the foreign terrorists, maybe he’ll go after the domestic ones. Personally I’d be happy with one or the other. Both would be nice but it isn’t going to happen on his watch.
I’m furious he hasn’t cut his vacation short, but continues to trim brush on the ranch while…. no wait, that was Bush, sorry…
C’mon Michelle — You have to catch the right light for glistening pec photos!
Is it just me or did he look like a man with a world class hangover.
that’s what she said!
It is so very sad that our used to be allies can’t or won’t help us in the “war on terror” (can’t remember the new term for it) because
ourthe president has told them all to pi## off. No wonder we are being hammered from all sides.Brad: Why don’t you get a job Obama?
Obama: What for?
Brad: You need money.
Obama: All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I’m fine.
No tie? Were his sleeves rolled up too? If so, he was channeling 1990′s beat reporter Rick Sanchez on the mean streets of Miami.
Still watching “The Office” I see.
What happened to the teleprompter? Did Barry leave it behind in Washington?
Those fifth grade book reports are such a pain!
They brought it, but it keeps scrolling “Gnarley Dude” so they borrowed Rahm’s Travel Crayons to write it all out.
Mr. Hand: Where is Barack Obama? I saw him earlier today, near the first floor bathrooms, is he still on campus? Anyone?
[Desmond raises hand]
Mr. Hand: Yes, Desmond?
Desmond: I saw him outside, near the food machines.
Mr. Hand: How long ago?
Desmond: Right before class.
Mr. Hand: All right. Bring him in.
[Desmond exits]
Mr. Hand: What is this fascination with truancy? What is it that gets inside of your heads? There are some teachers at this school who look the other way at truants. It’s a little game you both play. They pretend they don’t see you, and you pretend you don’t ditch! Now, in the end, who pays the price? YOU!
Obama: Hey, wait a minute. There’s no birthday party for me here! Hola, Mr. Hand.
Mr. Hand: What’s the reason for your truancy?
Obama: Just couldn’t make it on time.
Mr. Hand: You mean you couldn’t or wouldn’t?
Obama: See, there was a full crowd at the food lines.
Mr. Hand: Food will be eaten on your time. Why are you continuously late for this class, Mr. Obama? Why must you shamelessly waste my time like this?
Obama: [thinks it over] I don’t know.
Mr. Hand: [writes I DON'T KNOW on the chalkboard and then steps back to admire it] I like that. Hmm Hmm. “I don’t know,” that’s nice. ‘Mr. Hand, will I pass this class?’ ‘Gee Mr. Obama, I don’t know.’ That’s nice, I really like that. You know what I’m gonna do? I’m going to leave your words on my board for all my classes to enjoy, giving you full credit of course, Mr. Obama.
Obama: All right!
It must be hard for President Blue Lips to be embarrassed by his African Homies. These are Bros and not Typical White People such as his grandmother-they aren’t even veterans. Show some compassion good people.Be like me.
Napolitano just isn’t unqualified to head the DOHS, she’s a national security risk to all Americans and the security and sovereignty of the United States.She also lacks real law enforcement experiance.
One of the jobs of the Dept. of Homeland Security is to enforce our immigration laws that are all ready are on the books. To secure our borders from terrorist, criminals and illegal aliens from entering our country illegally. To vigorously enforce our laws against terrorist and illegal aliens with in the interior of the United States.
The problem with Napolitano, she is on record of opposing a fence on our southern border. She supports awarding illegal aliens with amnesty. She supports an open border policy of uncontrolled immigration. She supports handing out visas to anyone including terrorist. She believes in political correctness that allows terrorist to move freely throughout America and opposes profiling at the airports, border crossing and port of entries when it comes to stopping Islamic terrorist.
The best qualified person to relieve Napolitano from her responsibility would be someone with federal and local law enforcement experiance who puts the security of America and it’s people before political correctness. That person is Sheriff Joe Arpaio, America’s Sheriff.
I know somebody else has probably already suggested this, but when we repatriate some of the Gitmo detainees back to Yemen, why don’t we just put them on the crappiest aircraft in the inventory, and issue them some explosive underwear before they board? It would save a lot of time.
Putting the interests of the American people over political correctness or the interests of this administration is most certainly the disqualifier for any of BarryO’s appointments.
It also helps if the candidate has little or no actual experience in the position as well.
You forgot to add, Michelle, how his administration is charging the passengers who stopped that “freedom fighter” with assault.
“We will not rest [...until we can coordinate things better. Bill Ayers is so mad at me right now].”
This is already to the point where if you are contemplating a flight to avoid a 6 – 8 hour drive you may well decide to drive.
What effect does this have on business travel or even personal travel?
Errah, Big Sis is still deciding on whether its a two marshmallow one rainbow or single leprechaun riding a unicorn threat day on the Man Made Disruption scale feel good index. All the terror alert scales were tossed in the crapper Jan 21, 2009.
Errah that’s a good point is this Crotch Bomber being debriefed by Bill Ayers??!!
Probably took Obama till now to get sober or come down from his drug induced high.
…a sock puppet…the village idiot…a used movie ticket stub…a quorum of two mice and a hamster. You get the idea…anyone but Ja-No.
Errah the sitting stoically for the last hour of the flight rule will go away as soon a a drunk limousine liberal gets in trouble. Paging Sen. Baucus, will the Hon. Sen Baucus please see the nearest gate agent . . . .
Well, I’m back.
The Secret Service prevented me from peeing in the ocean near the Obama Winter White House in Kailua.
Darn.
“We”? What would he know about finding, fixing, and finishing the enemy? It’s not like he has shown any inclination to learn about the military or use it effectively to achieve any sort of victory.
Evil sand-men storming the White House with blood in their eyes, and sulfur on their breath…
…maybe.
It’s because Obama doesn’t see himself as leader of the free world; he sees himself as the leader of an oppressive, unenlightened, un-socialistic society full of people who don’t submit to his rule.
Issuing statements on things like terror attacks, carried out against the evil Americans he has deigned to
rule— sorry, lead — carried out bypoor, impoverished, uneducated— sorry, the privileged son of a Nigerian banker and Western-educated jihadists — is…what was the phrase?…oh, above his paygrade.That’s why he gives Janet Napolitano tons of taxpayer dollars, to do the decisive, leadership-type work for him.
Or maybe not…
I stand by my statement from yesterday. A major terrorist attack on Obama’s watch is the end of his political career. He will not be able to play the “Blame Bush” game or spin it away as a the work of a loner.
Halfway through his term, he will be finished.
That’s OK. In the liberal world intentions are more important than actions. I grant you full credit for your unsuccessful efforts (and fully support your intentions).
Errah,
I hope you were carbon neutral and didn’t leave any CO2 behind.
Has it been sated yet that this alleged perpetrator of ‘Man caused (whtthef6kever)’ was essentially successful?
He boarded a plane while possessing explosives and frickin’ lit the fuse.
Incompetence or his run of luck or God’s Hand changed the headline from
‘Near 300 Dead In Airline Explosion’ to
Idiot fries his genitals in attempt to kill near 300 passengers.’
Sub head would read; “New Underwear Rules’ to be enacted to save humanity.
Ignorance of your Ignorance is no excuse.
I think that the unsuccessful bomber from Nigeria warrants the “Darwin Award of 2009.”
Errah, Darwin Awards are only for those successful candidates in the shallow end of the gene pool. He could get a runner up though.
It must be serious because it got Obama to leave the golf course. Even an act of terrorism doesn’t get him off the golf course.
I was sure you would have been arrested and then subjected to urine management classes. Don’t you know that it is to be used with a crucifix in a glass jar after you get your NEA grant?
Ambulance is for a family friend. The Marxist in Chief is apparently fine.
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Yeah. A child family friend suffered “minor injuries” from a surfboard.
While I’m sorry a child was hurt, why is it this injury is more serious to Obama than the real, ongoing possibility that hundreds, if not thousands, of Americans will die at the hands of terrorists?
I was unable to obtain a NEA grant, due to the fact that my parents were married to each other and I am not gay, Democrat, nor a member of the University of Hawaii faculty.
I must say, I don’t want the Traitor in Chief assasinated. Riots will break out in most every urban center in America, and non-Blacks will be dragged from buses and cars and beaten to death. Businesses will be burned. Hundred, even thousands, could die.
Sloe Joe will be POTUS, a tool for Pelosi, and like LBJ after Kennedy, will have sympathy on his side passing the Obama agenda.
Now, an undetected aortic aneurysm, large cell carcinoma, careless slip in the White House shower, some kind of deus ex machina, well, I probably wouldn’t complain.
Unless the rules have been recently changed, to earn the Darwin Award you have to do something really stupid and die in the attempt. A person gets the award for permanently removing his genes from the human gene pool.
If Nigeria boxer short bomber cooked off his kibbles and bits, he would be eleigible for a rare non-posthumous Darwin Award.
Deus X is my license plate number on the old ’77 LTD.
Wife made me get rid of the old plate: MST3K
BTW, TIME magazine of all places reports Obama and family blew off chuch for Christmas (Religion is the opiate of the masses, says his hero), and have been to church 3 times since Obama became President, twice in a Black church, once in an Episcopal church.
Church just doesn’t interest Baraq and Meechelle is the reverend isn’t raggin on that evil whitey, I guess.
Can I assume that was a rhetorical question?
His little speechy wasn’t even delivered with the enthusiasm of a burnt out weather man. Guess Teleprompter Hal was on vacation too.
There is so much more to this story and, for the most part, we’re all getting the feeling a whole lot of misconnected dots are being buried. The term “alleged” chaffs my posterior. When Nasan at Ft. Hood was believed dead he was the perpetrator. The minute it was known he was alive suddenly he’s alleged as well.
I’m gonna give Barack the benefit of the doubt for the perfunctory, worn-out speech. After all, his HAS been stuck with Michelle O for several days at this point; that’s gotta count for a wearying, unpleasant time.
Whatever happened to Bahgdad Bob? He was enthusiastic, articulate, and every bit as accurate…
Why is everything a mystery with these guys. He rushes off the golf course for “personal reasons” with an ambulance running down the street…
Why not just tell the press corps, “looks like one of the kiddies got hit by a surfboard, and we’re checking him out to be safe.” Or something.
BTW, the weather in Hawaii today is much like the administration. Not too warm, and very hazy.
Yeah. We all know the answer to it already.
The Washington Post has an article about the Nigerian bomber that just infuriated me when I read it. They go out of their way to downplay the incident in an obvious effort to protect the Obama administration from criticism. They start out claiming the information they had on Umar was not enough to warrant concern:
Are they really trying to claim that the following information does not “rise out of the noise level”?
The National Counterterrorism Center may well receive volumes of tips each week, and most of them are probably not specific or credible, but how many of these tips come from the suspect’s own father? What’s the worst that could have happened by adding him to the no-fly list out of caution — he wouldn’t have been able to fly to the US for some needed R&R between jihadi training courses in Yemen?
Just the fact that Umar was in Yemen at the time of his father’s complaint, and had cut off all contact with his family, puts this information way above the “noise level”. It should have been more than enough to put him on the no-fly list and revoke his visa. If not, what does it take to get you on the list? Do you have to actually blow up a plane first?
Impish is a weather term, Aloha? I needto pay closer attention to what Nicole Mitchell says.
Why did he even bother to put on a shirt? That speech could have been delivered in his Speedo.
From Hot air
You have got to be freakin’ kidding.
Mr. Obama, Ms Napolitano, for your outstanding leadership and demonstrated ability to make ‘the system work’ in 2009. Having after eight years managed to have not just one but two Al Qaeda inspired attacks on the US and failing at every turn to prevent them, with special recognition to Ms. Napolitano’s new bans on blankets, pillows and restroom calls within an hour of landing.
We the people of the United States of America would like to honor you with the Bill Engvaldt Under Achievement Award.
So, without further ado, Heeeeeerrre’s Your Sign!
(hands out sign bearing a single word).
/sarc
Reason 2,941 why we should make sure everyone of these people to “fights to the death.”
John Edwards sighting in 8, 7, 6, 5, ….
Can I assume that the people released from Gitmo are on the no-fly list? Or do they now get the benefit of a doubt because, after all, they were never actually convicted in a court of law?
Um, seeing as it’s likely he burned his franks and beans, I think he can receive this honor…
Has anyone heard about this?
http://www.examiner.com/x-3704-Columbia-Conservative-Examiner~y2009m12d26-US-placed-under-international-policestate
yep painkiller saw that one on a number of other sites…this is more than a bit scary considering who is in charge right now…be afraid be very afraid….people can and will go missing without anyone knowing where they’ve gone….
If this is true, then it would appear that Obama has no intention of leaving his presidency for any reason, at any time.
It would also appear that anyone in the administration would be immune from removal or prosecution.
This is not even good…this is communism at its worst, complete with a world government court to dictate the rules.
The Associated with terrorists Press
reportedhacked today on this. In the article just after it was issued, it was said the bomber was charged. I did like I usually do with AwtP articles and left the original open in a browser. I cut and pasted the URL into a new tab and updated. The story was changed (although the URL stayed the same) to say “alleged”, with nothing about being charged.…and as usual, there was no indication showing it was an updated or corrected story.
It was still catching waves. It deserves a vacation more than Jug Ears.
Jug Ears sent back 12 of them last week.
Something about picking up underwear or something…
It was reported last night that his statement would be made “mid-morning”.
This morning, I saw it was set for “mid afternoon”.
Probably couldn’t get his butt out of bed.
So much for the 3am call.
I read about it last night. It would be interesting to know why, but then the traitorous b@st@rds in DC either don’t care or won’t do anything about it anyway.
Don’t blame Obama. He’s just reading what shows up on his teleprompter. The real villain is whoever controls the content that appears on the screen. Unfortunately, that person recently incinerated his testicles and the new guy hasn’t had time to hit his stride.
Fat chance he will be getting a pass from me.
On December 28th, 2009 at 8:52 pm, Painkiller said:
No, I hadn’t till you brought it up. Why Interpol? They’re rife with security leaks and associations with terror groups. Why would they be allowed in the US. The FBI at its worst is far better than that group.
Should get along with Obama quite well. They may be Ja-No’s replacement for DHS Secretary.
Three hours before the President is notified. THREE DAYS before Obama makes a public statement.
“mmm mmm mmm Barack Hussein Katrina”
The Senate works day and night to pass Healthcare. Response to Fort Hood? Crickets chirping.
The perp in this bombing is charged like a guy who robbed the local 7-11.
How many Americans are going to die before these unqualified idiots either get with the program and get tossed out?
I am beginning to think this guy is even weaker than Jimmah’.
News report says Crotch Bomber may need skin graf-did not say if tab will be Federal or State.
I understand they can use PIG SKIN for temporary grafts. As we speak I will fast freight two pounds of bacon to our little jihadist victim of western imperialism, oppression and Pre Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as Doctor Phil put it. In the name of DIVERSITY we should all send bacon to a jihadist. Any cells emptied in Gitmo should be used as hog pens to sensitize the lads.
LOLOLOL.
Sounds like a plan!! A cochon de lait for every jihadist swine!!
On December 28th, 2009 at 10:14 pm, jangar said:
That’s not even funny. Like putting the inmates in charge of the asylum.
It fits in with all the czars, so how unreasonable would it be?
HA! Imagine the look on the goats faces when he gets his 72 when they find out he has pork for a winky.
Eyes on the paper?
ROFL, he left the teleprompter in Washington!
On December 28th, 2009 at 10:43 pm, jangar said:
True but, still not funny. Now Janet Napolitano at a press conference doing her 180 degree bunny hop from one day to the next, that’s funny in a dark and morbid kind of way. Interpol operating on American Soil. James Monroe and Ronald Reagan are probably spinning in their graves while the Obama Tsars and Tsarinas do the Danse Macabre on their graves.
Lets just hope our leaders are looking out for us right now and not themselves. If that was a working bomb that could have brought that airplane down, then as far as I am concerned, it happened. Lives were saved by miracle.
We need to focus on preventing followup attacks, perhaps far from airplanes. Maybe New Years. I expect our leaders to figure this all out. I can surmise and suspect but I don’t get the intelligence reports our leaders do.
What I do know is that we should take this seriously and I hope we all are. Did the threat level change colors? Is it really ok to fly right now? Whats going on? An Al Qaeda operative just basically blew up an airplane over Detroit.
Oh, it didn’t actually blow up. Whew! Then everything is ok now. Not!
The seating arrangements were changed for a day or two, but I saw some news earlier where that too has been dropped.
So…..still wide open, and Bammy is putting out.